Brail

Brails, in a sailing ship, are small lines used to haul in or up the edges (leeches) or corners of sails, before furling.[1] On a ship rig, these brails are most often found on the mizzen sail. The command is, hale up the brails, or, brail up the sails.[2] The word brail comes from Middle English brayle, from Anglo-French braiel belt, strap, brail, alteration of Old French braiuel belt, probably ultimately from Latin braca pant.

A brail net is a type of net incorporating brail lines on a small fishing net on a boat or castnet.

A brail net used for casting is also referred to as an English net as opposed to a Spanish net.[3]

## See also

* Clewlines and buntlines
* Reefing
* Guy (sailing)

## References

1. ↑ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
2. ↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.article+name+needed&rft.atitle=[[Cyclopædia,+or+an+Universal+Dictionary+of+Arts+and+Sciences]]&rft.date=1728&rft.edition=first&rft.pub=James+and+John+Knapton,+et+al&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Engineering:Brail">
3. ↑ Bucuvalas, Tina (18 October 2011). The Florida Folklife Reader. University Press of Mississippi. p. 257. ISBN 9781617031427. https://books.google.com/books?id=5uMaBwAAQBAJ&q=brail+net&pg=PA257. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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